Professional Resources This site puts cookies on your device to make it work better. By continuing to use our site, we’ll assume you’re okay with this. More about cookies Close notification Home Adult social care and health Infection prevention and control Outbreaks An outbreak is defined as 2 or more people showing the same symptoms within the same setting without a valid explanation. Guidance for dealing with an outbreak:Action checklist for outbreaks of diarrhoea and vomiting DOC, 610 kbOpens new windowAction checklist for a respiratory outbreak DOC, 67 kbOpens new windowAction checklist for outbreaks of scabies DOC, 616 kbOpens new windowNational guidanceCare home and residential care guidance – NHS England Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to. Top of page
Home Adult social care and health Infection prevention and control Outbreaks An outbreak is defined as 2 or more people showing the same symptoms within the same setting without a valid explanation. Guidance for dealing with an outbreak:Action checklist for outbreaks of diarrhoea and vomiting DOC, 610 kbOpens new windowAction checklist for a respiratory outbreak DOC, 67 kbOpens new windowAction checklist for outbreaks of scabies DOC, 616 kbOpens new windowNational guidanceCare home and residential care guidance – NHS England Help us improve this page Hide content Was this page helpful? Yes It was helpful, but Please select a reasonthere's a broken link it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other No Please select a reasonit didn't answer my question it's not detailed enough it's hard to understand it's incorrect it's outdated it's too long Other Details Email address We’ll only use this to ask for more detail if we need to.